Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CATHEDRAL, by GERALDINE FAY GAY


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CATHEDRAL, by                    
First Line: I walk, enrapt, through shadow-sheltered shrines
Last Line: And benediction is the wind's low sigh.
Subject(s): Churches; Cathedrals


I walk, enrapt, through shadow-sheltered shrines,
The worship-place of unseen dryad bands.
I softly tread beneath leaf-ceilinged arch,
And dream I see the nymphs with prayer-raised hands.
I touch the bark-sheathed hamadryads' home,
Great trunks of noble trees -- tall column-styles,
Where forest twilight presses as I roam
Among the labyrinths of cloistered aisles.

Here softly filtered sunlight penetrates
The dainty leaf-lace patterned architrave,
As if through rainbow-hued cathedral panes.
The forest glade becomes a chapel nave
Where worship is from rising sun to sun,
Where feathered choristers their praise apply,
Where adoration springs from inmost soul,
And benediction is the wind's low sigh.





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